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The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two Capital East African cities, one at the United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and the other at the United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred between 7 April and 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. [4] [5] During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu militias.
Bank of Tanzania website. Valuation. Inflation. 5.6%. Source. The World Factbook, 2015 est. The shilling ( Swahili: shilingi; abbreviation: TSh; code: TZS) is the currency of Tanzania. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( senti in Swahili). The Tanzanian shilling replaced the East African shilling on 14 June 1966 at par. [1]
10 September – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake killed 19 people and injured 253 in Tanzania. Sport. 5-21 August – Tanzania at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 7 competitors in 3 sports; Deaths Samuel Sitta. 4 March – Joseph Rwegasira politician and diplomat (b. 1935). 13 April – Matthias Joseph Isuja, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1929).
The Maji Maji Rebellion ( German: Maji-Maji-Aufstand, Swahili: Vita vya Maji Maji ), was an armed rebellion of Africans against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania ). The war was triggered by German colonial policies designed to force the indigenous population to grow cotton for export.
FirstRand Group. Website. www .fnbtanzania .co .tz. First National Bank Tanzania (FNBT), is a commercial bank in Tanzania. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Tanzania, the national banking regulator. [1] It is a subsidiary of South Africa-based FirstRand Group . FNBT is a small commercial bank in Tanzania.
In October 1978 Uganda invaded the Kagera Salient in northern Tanzania, initiating the Uganda–Tanzania War. The Ugandans met light resistance and in November President Idi Amin of Uganda announced the annexation of all Tanzanian land north of the Kagera River. The Tanzanians organised a counter-offensive later in November and successfully ...
Musoma. / 1.50000°S 33.80000°E / -1.50000; 33.80000. Musoma is a city in the east shore of Lake Victoria of Tanzania. It is the capital of Mara Region, one of the administrative Regions of Tanzania. It also serves as the administrative centre of Musoma Rural District and Musoma Urban District .